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CHAPTER Vll.
The canon and Mrs. Egremont were get
ting ou pretty well together, but there
wan much more stiffness aud less cordial
ity between the two cousins, although
Mark got the window open iuto the con
servatory, and showed Nnttie the way in
to the garden, advising her to ask Uou
aldson, the gardener, to till the conserva
tory with flowers.
Presently his father went off to storm
the den of the master of the house, and
there was a pleasant quarter of an hour,
during which the three went through the
conservatory, and Mark showed the ius-aud-outs
of the garden, found out ltonald
on, and congratulated him on having
gome one at last to appreciate his liowers,
begging him to make the eousen iitory
beautiful. And Mrs. Egremont's smile
was so effective that the Scut forthwith
took out his knife and presented her with
the most precious of the roses within his
reach.
Here a gong, a perfectly unknown
sound to Nu'.tie, made itself heard, and
rather astonished her by the concluding
roar. The two ladies came out into the
linll as Mr. Egremont was crossing it. He
made an inclination of the head, and ut
tered a sort of good morning to his daugh
ter, but she was perfectly content to have
no closer salutation.
''o his reverence has been to see you,"
observed Mr. Egremont "William, if
yon like it better."
"Oh, yea. and he was kinduess itself!"
"And how did Master Mark look at find
ins I could dispense with his assistance.?"
"I think he is very glad."
Mr Egremont laughed. "You are a
simple woman, Hilda! The pose of virtu
ous hero was to have been full compen
sation for all that it cpst him! And no
doubt be looks for the reward of virtue
likewise."
Vherewith he looked full at Ursula,
who, to her extreme vexation, felt herself
b'r.shing up to the ears. She fidgeted on
her chair, and began a most untrue "I'm
sure " for, indeed, the poor girl was
sure of nothing, but that her father's
manner was most uncomfortable to her.
His laugh choked whatever she might
bave said, which perhaps was well, and
fcer mother's cheeks glowed as much as
hers did.
''Did the canoness Jane, I mean come
op?" Mr. Egremont went on.
"Mrs. Egremont? No; she sent word
that she is coming after luncheon."
' "H'm.1 Then I shall ride out and leave
yon to her majesty. Now look you, Alice,
yo are to be very careful with William's
wife. She is a Condamine, you know,
and thinks no end of" herself; and your
position among women-folk of the county
depends more on how she takes you up
than anything else. But that doesn't
tneau that yon are to let her give herself
airs and domineer over you. Uemetuber
that you are the elder brother's wife
Mrs. Egremont of Bridgefjeld Egremont
and she is nothing but a parson's wife,
and I won't have her meddling in my
bouse. Only don't you be absurd and of
fend her, for she can do more for or
against you in society than any one else
more's the pity!"
"Oh! won't you stay and help me re
ceive her?" exclaimed the poor lady, utter
ly confused by these contrary directions.
"Not 1! I can't abide the woman! nor
she nie!" lie added, a'ter a moment,
"You will do better without me."
So he went out fochis ride, and Ursula
asked, "Oh, mother, what will you do?"
"The best I can, my dear. They are
good people, and are sure to be kinder
than I deserve."
Mrs. Egremont turned the conversation
to the establishing themselves in the pa
vilion, whither she proceeded to imiiort
tome fancy work that she had bought in
Iondon, and sent Nuttie to Ilonaldson.
who was arranging calceolarias, begonias
and geraniums in the conservatory, to beg
for some cut flowers for a great dusty
looking vase in the center of the table.
These were being arranged when Mrs.
Wi'liaro Egremont and Miss Blanche Eg
remont were ushered in, and there were
the regular kindred embraces, after which
Alice and Nuttie were aware of a very
handsome, dignified looking lady, well
though simply dressed in what was evi
dently her home costume, her whole air
curiously fitting the imposing nickname
of the Canoness. Blanche was a slight,
delicate looking, rather, pretty girl in a
lawn-tennis dress. The visitor took the
part of treating the newcomers as well
established relations.
"We would not inundate you all at
once," she said,- "but.the children are all
very eager to see their cousin. I wish
you would come down to the rectory with
me. My ponies are at the door. I would
drive you, and Ursula might walk with
Blanche." And, as Alice hesitated for a
moment, considering how this might agree
frith the complicated instructions that she
had received, she added, "Never miad.
Alwyn. I saw him going off just before
1 came up, and be told William he was go
ing to look at some horses at Ilale'a, so be
Is disposed of for a good many hours."
Alice decided that her husband would
probably wish ber to comply, and she re
joiced to turn ber daughter in among the
cousins, so bats, gloves and parasols were
fetched, and the two mothers drove away
with the two sleek little toy ponies. By
which It may be perceived that Mr. Wil
ton Rgremont's first Impressions were
avorable.
The drive waa on the whole a success,
and so waa the tea drinking In the veran
4a, wbre Aunt Alice and little flve-year-44
Basil became faat t rieada and mutual
atolrere; the caoon strolled oat and waa
loatailed la the big. cushioned basket-Y-ir,
that crackled ander hla weight;
Jaaefce aoaated Nottie's successes, and
f - tw tennis iBjigaaiawta for the weak:
' Icy e s rag ras1 teaaed ber and her
L Zziii XnCSt Katmaw to tfc family
u uUk wmm ttzj, sa4 ly e-
penstd the cups, and looked grave and se
vere. "Well?" said the canon anxiously, when
Mark, Blanche and little Basil had in
sisted on escorting the guests home, and
I he and his wife were for a few minutes
tete-a-tete.
"It might have been much worse," said
the lady. "She is a good little innocent
thing, and has more good sense than I
expected. Governessy, that's all, but she
will shake out of that."
"Of course she will. It's the best thing
imaginable for Alwyn!"
His wife kept back the words. "A hun
dred times too good for Alwyn!"
CI1APTEH VIII.
A garden party, Mrs. William Egremont
decided, would be the best mode of testi-
j fying her approbation of her sister-in-
law, and introducing the newcomers to
the neighborhood. So the invitations
were sent forth for an early day of the
coming week.
When the day arrived the inpth- aud
daughter crossed the gardens, Nuttie
chattering all the way about the tenuis
tactics she had picked up from Blanche,
while her mother answered her somewhat
mechanically, wondering, as her eye fell
on the square squat gray church tower,
what had become of the earnest devotion
to church work and intellectual p.irsuits
that used to characterize the girl.
As Nuttie was sitting on the grass in
earnest contemplation of Blanche's play,
a hand was familiarly laid on her shoul
der, and a voice said, "I haven't seen that
horrid girl yet!"
After so many introductions, Nuttie had
little idea whom she knew, or whom she
did not know. She looked up and saw a
small person in light blue, with the deli
cate features, transparent skin and blue
eyes that accompany yellow hair, with an
indescribable glitter of mirth aud jovous-
uess about the whole creature, as if she
were part and parcel of the sunbeam in
which she stood.
"What horrid girl?" said Nuttie.
"The interloper, the newly discovered
savage, come to upset ah !" with a little
shriek "it isn't May! I beg your par
don." "I'm May's cousin." said Nnttie, "Ur
sula Egremont."
"Oh. no!" and therewith the fact burst
on both girls at once. They stood still a
moment in dismay, then the stranger
went iuto a fit of laughter. "Oh, I beg
your pardon! I can't help it! It's so
funny!"
Nuttie was almost infected, though
somewhat hurt.
"Who said I was horrid?" she asked.
"Nobody! Nobody but me Annaple
Kuthven-and they'll all tell you, May
and all, that I'm putting my foot in it.
And I never meant that you were horrid
you yourself you know only "
"Only nobody wanted us here," said
Nuttie; "but we could not help it."
"Of course not. It wag shocking, just
my way. Please forgive me!" and she
looked most pleading. Nuttie held out her
hand with something about "No one conld
mind"; and therewith Annaple cried, "Oh.
if you don't mind, we can have our laugh
out!" and the rippling lauehter did set
Nuttie off at once. The peal was not
over when May herself was upon them.
demanding what was the joke.
'Oh. tkere she is! The real May! Whv."
said Annaple, kissing her, "only think
where I ve been and gone and thought
this was you, and inquired about what
was it? the awful monster the chimera
dire that Mark had routed up "
No; you didn't say that," said Nuttie.
half provoked.
Never mind what I said. Don't repeat
it. I only wish myself and everyone else
to forget it. Now it is swept to the winds
by a good, wholesome giggling. But what
business have you two to be so inconven
iently alike? You are as bad as the twin
Leslies!"
There's an old foremother on the stair
case in white satin who left ber looks to
us both, said May.
You'll have to wear badges," said An
naple. "You know the Leslies were so
troublesome that one had to be shipped off
to the East Indies and the other to the
West."
At that moment, Blanche's side coming
out victorious, Nuttie descended into the
arena to congratulate, and be asked to
form part of the next set Annaple also
joined in the same set.
The Buthvens had very blue blood in
their veins, but as there were nine of the
present generation, they possessed little
beyond their long pedigree; even the bend
of the family. Lord Uonnisglen, being
forced to live as a soldier, leaving his
castle to grouse shooters. His seven
bre-thers had fared mostly in distant lands
as 'y could, and his mother had found
a home, together with her youngest child,
at Lescoinbe, where her eldest was the
wife of Sir John Deltnar. Lady Konnig
glen was an invalid, confined to the house,
and Lady Delinar had daughters fast
treading on the heels of Annabella, so
christened, but always called Annaple
after the old Scottish queens, her ances
tors. She had been May Egremont's chief
friend ever since ber importation at 12
years old.
Annsple's lightness and dexterity ren
dered her the best of the lady tennis play
ers, and the nnpracticed Ursula found
herself defeated In the match, in spite of a
partner whose, piny was superior to
Mark's, and with wbom she shyly walked
off to eat ice.
"I see." said Annaple, "it la a conntry
town edition of May . I shan't blander
between them again."
"Hbe will polish." said Mark, "bat ahe
la not equal to ber mother."
"Whom I have not seen yet Ah, there's
Mr. Egremont I Why, ha look quite ren
orsteaT "Wan, ha awy bar
"But, Mark, not to hurt your feelings,
he must have behaved atrociously."
"I'm not going to deny it," said Mark.
They walked slowly cp the terrace, and
Mark paused as they came near Mrs.
Egremont to say, "Aunt Alice, here is
Miss Huthven, May's great friend."
Annaple met a pleasant smile, aud they
shook hands, exchanging an observation
or two. Lady Deluiar made a second de
scent in person to hurry Annaple away.
"Isn't it disgusting?" said May, catch
ing her step-mother's smile.
"You will see a good deal more of the
same kind," said the canoness; "I am
afraid more mortification is in store for
Mark than he guesses. I wish that girl
were more like her mother."
"Mamma! a girl brought up among um
brella makers! Just fancy! Why, she
has just nothing in her!"
"Don't set Mark against her. May; he
might do worse."
"Her bead is a mere tennis ball," said
May, drawing her own higher than ever,
"and no one would know her from a shop
girl."
"She is young enough," said the can
oness, and I don't think you reulisce the
change Mark will feel."
"Better so than sell himself," muttered
May.
CHAPTER IX.
Nine miles was a severe distance
through country lanes in November to g.
to a ball; but the Uedcastle Hunt Ball
was the ball of the year, uniting all the
county magnates, aud young ladies were
hardly reckoned as "come oaf" till they
had appeared there. Mrs. Egremont's
position would hardly be established till
she had been presented to the notabilities
who lived beyond calling intercourse, and
her husband prepared himself to be vic
timized with an amount of grumbling
that was intended to impress her with the
magnitude of the sacrifice, but which only
made her offer to forego the gayety. aud
be told that she would never have any
common sense.
So their carriage led the way. and was
followed by the rectory wagonette con
taining the ladies and Mark, as his father
was not to be detached from his fireside.
And in a group near the door, got up
as elaliorately as his twiners could ac
complish, stood Gerard Godfrey. He knew
nobody tnere except a family in his sis
ter's parish, who had good-naturedly giv
en him a seat in their fly, and having ful
filled his duty by asking the daughter to
dance, he had nothing to disturb him in
watching for the cynosure whose attrac
tion had led him to these unknown re-
gioim.
There at length he beheld the entrance.
There was the ogre himself, high-bred,
almost handsome, as long as he was not
too closely scrutinized, nnd on his arm the
well-known figure, metamorphosed by del
icately tinted satin sheen and pearls, and
still more by ihe gentle blushing gladness
ou the fair cheeks and the soft eyes that
used to droop. Then followed a stately
tonn in mulberry mo:re and point luce,
leaning on Gerard's more especial abhor
rence "that puppy, who had been the
author of all the mischief; and behind
them thre girls, one in black, the other
two in white, and, what was provoking, he
really could not decide which was Ursula.
It was some comfort that, when pres
ently a rush of waltzers floated by, she
was not with her eousiu; but to provoke
him still more, as she neared him, he
beheld for a moment in the whirl the
queer smile, half-frightened, half-exultant,
which he bad seen on Nuttie's face
when swinging sky-high.
When the pause came and people walk
ed about, the black lady stood taiking so
near turn that he ventured at last on a
step forward and an eager "Miss Egre
mont," but, as she turned, he found him
self obliged to say, "I beg your pardon."
"Did you mean uiy cousin? We often
get mistaken for each other," said May
civilly.
He brightened. "I beg your pardon,"
he said, "I knew her at Miekelthwoyte.
I am here quite by accident. Mrs. El
more was so good as to bring me."
May was rather entertained. "There's
my cousin," she said, "Lord Philip Moly
neaux is asking her to dance," and she
left him most unnecessarily infuriated
with Ixird Philip Molyneaux; but later
fortune favored him, for he did catch the
real Nuttie's eye, and all herself, as soon
as the dance was over, she came up with
outstretched hands, "Oh, Gerard! to think
of your being here. Come to mother!"
And, beautiful and radiant, Mrs. Egre
mont was greeting him, and there were
ten minutes of delicious exchange of news.
But Nuttie had no dance to spare, her
card was full, and she had not learned
fashionable effrontery enough to play
tricks with engagements, and just then
Mr. Egremont descended on them "I
wish to introduce you to the duchess," he
said to his wife; and on the way he de
manded "Who is that young cub?"
"Gerard Godfrey an old neighbor."
"I thought I bad seen him racketing
about there with Ursula. I'll not have
those umbrella fellows coining about!"
"Does he really make umbrellas, Nut
tie?" asked Blanche, catching her hand.
"No such thing!" said Nuttie hotly, "he
Is in the office. His father was a surgeon;
his sisters married clergymen!"
"And he came here to meet yon," said
Annaple Huthven. "Poor fellow, what
a shame it is! Can't you give him one
turn!"
"Oh, dear! I'm engaged all through!
To Mark this time."
"Give him one of the extras! Throw
Mark over to nie! No!" ns she looked
at the faces of the two girls, "I suppose
that wouldn't do, but I'm free this time
I'm not the fashion. Introduce nie; I'll
do my best as consolation."
Nuttie had just performed the feat,
with great shyness, when Mark appeared,
having been sent iu quest of his cousin,
when her father perceived that she had
hung back. Poor Gerard led off Miss
Huthven the more gloomily, and could not
help sighing out, "I suppose that is an
engagement!"
"Oh, you believe some Impertinent gos
sip you may have read In the paper," re
turned Annaple. "I wonder they don't
contradict it; but perhaps they treat it
with magnificent scorn."
"No doubt they know that it is only
premature."
"If 'they' means the elders, I dare say
they wish It, but we aren't In France or
Italy."
"Then yon don't think, Miss Huthven,
that it will come off?"
"I don't see the slightest present pros
pect," said Annaple, unable to resist the
kindly Impulse of giving immediate pleas
ure, though she knew the prospect might
be even slighter for h-r partner.
However, he "footed it" all the more
lightly and Joyously for the assurance,
and the good-natured maiden afterward
made him conduct bar to the tea room,
whither Mark and Nnttie ware alas tend
ing, and there all (oar contrived to gat
mixed up together. Mr. Egremont, who
LlU been at the far end of the room, sud
denly heard her luugh, stepped up, and,
with a look of thunder toward her, ob
served !w a low voice. "Mark, you will
oblige me by taking your eousiu back to ,
her mother." 1
"The gray tyrant father," murmured
Annaple in sympathy. J
CHAPTER X.
"What's the matter?" exclaimed Mrs.
Egremont, waking from a doze "thut
bridge?"
"Bridge! Don't be such a fool! We
aren't near it yet."
The servant, his face looking blurred
through the window, came to explain that
the delay was caused by an agricultural
engine, which had chosen this unlucky
night, or morning, to travel from one farm
to another. There was a long delay, while
the monster could be heard coughing
frightfully before it eou'd be backed with
its spiky coiupa nion into a field so as to
let the carriages puss by; and meantime
Mr. Egremont was betrayed into uttering
ejaculations which made poor Nuttie
round her eyes in the dark as she sat by
his feet on the back seat, and Alice try
to bury her ears in her hood in the cor
Uer.
On they went nt last for nbout a mile,
and then came another sudden stop -an
other tierce growl from Mr. Egremont.
other apparition of the servant at the win
dow, saying, in hi:; alert, deferential man
ner. "Sir. the bridge has broke under :i
carriage in front. Lady Delmar's. sir
The horse is plunging terrible."
Ihe moon was up, and they saw the
rectory carriage safe on the road before
them, but on the bridge beyond was n
struggling mass, dimly jljnminnteif a
single carriage lamp. Mr. Egremont and
the groom hurried i'orward where Murk
and the rectory com lumin were already
rendering what help they could. May
standing at the horses" heads, and her
mother trying to wrap everybody up. since
stay in their carriage they could not.
Transferring the horses to Nuttie. the two
sisters hurried on toward the scene of ac
tion, but Blanche's white satin boots did
not carry her far, and she turned on meet
ing her uncle. He spoke with briskiuss
and alacrity thnt inne him like another
man in this eniergjiHy. as she assured
the anxious ladies that their friends were
safe, but that they conld not be extricated
till the carriage was lifted from the hole
into which it had sunk amid bricks, sloth
and broken timbers.
(To lie continued.)
"Put Lis Fcot In It."
An nninsing story Is told nt the ex
p''i;s(. of a military iiKtrtfiict 'n Ger
many, who undertook to snub -i lieu
tenant :ii a b!l hi P..'-;liii. The c.Jor.i-l
noticed .1 largi' bad-.'e richly set with
diamond." on the bre.-int of the yotitiv;
officer's uniform. Going; to the lieuten
ant, be inquired with a piitronizin
air: "Young man, what is that thing
you have there?" "It is an order, col
onel." "An order!" exclaimed the vet
enui, with a Mieer. "It is not Prusnlan,
for I don't lecugnb.e it." "It is an Eng
lish order." replied the lieiitemmt,
quietly. "Who could bave given you
such an order?" "My grandmother,
colonel." "Your grandmother!" Hliout
ed the colonel, with a laugh. "Pray tell
me her name." "Her Majesty, Vlo
toria, Queen of England."
The burly martinet did not continue
the conversation, but Isnved olwe
qtlfotmly to the lieutenant who was
Prince Allien of .S.-hlf-xwig-Holstcln-nml
after an awkward pause retired
from the ncetie. He had not recognized
the prince, and in attempting to chaff
ldm over the display of a diamond
studdeu decoration, had unconsciously
violated royal etiquette and made him
elf ridiculotiH.
The humor of the Incident, however,
did not alter the fact that the young
soldier wni) displaying a decoration
which indicated his roynl rank rather
than any personal courage or merit.
Useful Htnts.
If you want a stopper for a bottle of
acid or any sul,tanee that would natu
rally call for a glass stopper because of
the danger that the cork would be eat-
eu up uj wie cumeuis oi uie Dome, take
the cork and Hteep It In vaseline. II :
will then lie Impervious to acids of any
kind, and no action of chemicals wit
decay it. It will. In fact, be as good for
all purpose as a glass stopper.
A man is as old as his arteries. If
they are soft aud compressible, the de
teriorating effects of old age have uol
yet appeared. Distilled water is recom
mended as a solvent to act upon th
earth salts In the blood and expel them
from the body. Apples, grapes and
bananasarerlch In nutritious element,
and do not contain anything which
caucus the ossifying blockades in thf
system.
Kaul Wan Par fonalile.
The ynrdonaMe but injudicious en thusiasm
of some clergymen over thelt
musical services has given rise to manj '
smart sayings which are, at any rate,!
"len trovato." None, perhaps, la bet lei
than the familiar one of the exasperab j
ed visitor, who, after lielug made t ;
listen In torment to Gregorian chanti I
cruelly murdered. wa told that, aoj
cording to tntdltion, those chants owed
their origin to Kiiitf David himself. Tn
visitor, rend-ml reckless by his ml j
cry, retorted that he bad often wonder)
eu wuy ou. tmCw mm jnveuri at mi(
royal psalmist, but he quite understood
now.
How Pens Are 91a le.
Pens are made by machines whlct
seem almost to think. The steel is cut
Into rlliliona velilo na Hio l,.ncrtli 4
one pen, and these are fed to machine i
which cut out the blanks, then fashion,
stamp them, split the points and plan
the maker's name on the backs. 11m
pens are now complete, nave tbe a
nealing, and this forms a separate up
era t Ion. After being annealed they a
counted aud placed In boxea. A ma
chine has been Invented for perform
ing both tbese operation.
All that marriage does to a man Is U
add two or three babies to bis ovlroo
menu.
Wisdom costs so a neb thai flnmllj
tbtrs la no profit In It.
EDUCATIOXALCOLUMN
NOTES ABOUT SCHOOLS AND
THEIR MANAGEMENT.
Frnrht Sermon t- He Learned from
the Pages of Notnrt'a Honk Dntr
of the Teacher Hint for Mo tiers to
Keu'l.
Tenchlnn from Notrre.
From the pages of Nature's book are
the truest lessons to be learned. It is
n text bcdU all mult study. To the
cun It Is the most Interesting of all
books, and from it may be learned
what tiie printed page in the school
room can never adequately furnish.
Too many teachers refuse to avail
themselves of the means which Nature
abundantly offers. In particular do
teachers of the lower grades fail to
have their pupils study lessons out-of-doore.
Distrusting their powers to iu
fcrfst their pupils In what they see
daily, or shirking fho labor which is
entailed on them by taking their class
to the hill-side or river, or totally nn
apprcelative of the value of such aids
in their teaching of geography teach
ers restrict their labors to tiie four
walls of the school-room and to the
manual which is supplied them by the
school authorities.
Ajrasslz, the great teacher and natur
alist, had his experience with this sort
of teaching, and he gives a record of
It which every teacher would do well
to consider. He says: "In geography
let us not at first resort to books, but
let us take a class to the fields, point
out the hills, valleys, fivers and lakes,
and let the pupils learn out-of-doors the
points of rhe compass; and then, hav
ing shown them these things, let tliem
compare the rer'siintatioi!s with the
realities, and the maps will have a
meaning to them. Then you can go ou
with the books, aud they understand
what these things mean, and what Is
north, east, south and west, ami w
not merely read the letters N., E., S.,
W., on a square piece of paper, and
perhaps think that the 1'nited States
are about as large as the paper they
learn from. When I was in the collegi
at Neufehatcl, I desired to Introduce
such a method of teaching geography.
I was told it could not lie done, and my
request to be allowed to instruct the
youngest children In the institution was
refused. 1 resorted to other means,
am! my own children my oldest, a
boy of U years, and my girls, 4'j and
years old and Invited the children
of my neighbors. Some anie upon the
arms of their mothers; others could
already walk without assistance. These
children, the oldest only i years old.
1 took upon a hill above the Neufehatcl,
and there showed them the magnificent
peaks of the Alps, nnd told them the
names of those mountains ami of the
lakes opposite. I then showed them
the same things on a raised map. and
they Immediately recognized the local
ties, ami were soon able to do the same
on an ordinary map. From that day
geography was tut longer a dry study,
but a desirable part of education."
Gohlwaitc's tlcographical Magazine.
The cncc:f ii' tnchfr,
Her tiionner Is bright ami animated,
so that th.. children cannot fail to
catch something of her eiithiisiaxm.
Her lessons are well planned. Each
new step, resting upon a known truth,
In can-fully presented.
Everything b in readiness for the
day's work, and she carries out her
plana easily and naturally.
Old subjects are introduced In ever
varying dresses, ami manner and mat
ter of talks are changed before the chil
dren low; Interest in them.
She talks only of what is within the
children's experience. Her langusige is
suited to her class liclng simple in the
extreme ir Kile is dealing with youu,
children.
When she addresses the whole class
Hhe wands where all can see ami hear
Ikt.
She asks for only one thing af a time
with slow emphasis, In a. low, distinct
voice.
She controls her children perfectly
without effort. Her manner demands
rescetful olssllence. She is serene.
She Is firm and decided, as well ns
gentle, juitieiit and just.
She Is a student is not satisfied with
her present attainment.
She is herself a.n example for the chil
dren to follow, holding herself well,
thinking connectedly, and being al
ways genuinely sincere.
She is a lover of little children, striv
ing to understand child nature.
True teaHiing is to her a consecra-
tion
She Imis entered Into "the holy of
holies where singleness of purismc, high
UP-als and self-conms-nahui unite in
one. rtnmg determining Influence that
surrounds her like an atmosphere."
School Education,
To UeuuVfiTZi Ground.,
1-iie fflII)OUlt m.,.ll)ti .-,,ow (o wk
0. ,.Kan with the sage coinm-l
.-j,lnit (.utHl tl, lim,,.. yiny
,.!U:ol Is-fltltify their grounds iMHUUhC
they are none to benuufy. Helmo
buildings often stand directly ujKin th
t:eet with only narrow niley-ways on
either side, and Iwirely room In the rear
for the Ill-constructed, malodorous, ttn-
to henuUfy
lieaithful clowts, at once a menace and
,d,r""e tot "'"
atlng them. An unwise and niggardly
economy has prevailed In many cities
I and villages which has cut down to the
lowest dollar expenditure for school
buildings and grounds, and lavished
large sums on the erection of court
houses and J.i lis.
In many protqierous rt tie and vil
lages and other rnrnl communities
school buildings stand in the midst of a
plot of ground without trees, shrubs,
plants, flowers, or even green gross,
i -pon ttraae hulkllng the storms beat
In the winter and the aim In sumnw.
wtth no protection wtoeterer from cold
or beat Tbeee buildings are frequeot-
ly without Minds or curtains to exclude
th glare of sum-bine, aud are as bare
and unattractive ns it D jiosslble to con
ceive buildings to Is-. IMpils reach
them by muddy paths or by no paths
at all, through grounds that have never
receh ed one hour's care since the build
lugs were erected.-Educational News.
"r-Cli-r Has a Duty
The Knglhh ncwfcpaiiers report ac
extraordinary cue of suicide by a
school boy. Cuthbert Kvans, a !ud of
Id. a pupil at Haileybury public
school, waited at a rnilwiy crossing
for a train to appear, then l.iM hi
head ou the rail and was cut to pieces.
Near the spot where he died was found
a letter explainiu;,' his reasons for au
act ho unnatural to youth. Tie: letter
was addrcMscd to the head master of
the bdiool. "Last term," the un fortu
nate Isiy wrote, "they (certain of liU
schoolmates) conceived the vilis: dis
like fo me for nothing at all ex'-ept my
opinions alxtut Crete. From then on
my life was miserable. 1 don't
accuse them of personal violence, but
of a regularly organized attempt, and
a successful one, to make miserable
my life li.v cowardly and insidious
means and to make me an object of
worn t all." Thus the lad. a wretch
ed, weak-nerved creature, was bullied
and harassed until he looked upon
death in its most fearful form as a
welcome relief from his daily annoy
ance. Very characteristic was the tes
timony of the head master. He had
not known that Fvaiis was persecuted;
after receiving the letter he made In
quiries and found that It was "a sim
ple case of teasing." No doubt It was
nothing worse. Hut Is there any form
of torture more destructive of mind
and morals than the "nagging" prac
ticed by schoolboys on weak lads? This
Isiy was driven to suicide by persecu
tion which he could not complain of
for fear of much sharper retribution
and which, from its vagtie nature,
would r.ot be understood by the head
master tttib s he were a man of fine
feeling. It if unfortunate that school
teachers should be too often blind to
the nervous self-consciousness and
timidity of children. How many young
lives are embittered by the -petty per
secution of a sclnsdrooin, when by thg
use of tact and sympathy on the imrt
of the teacher they could be mad
bright and happy. The man or wom
an who has charge of children In their
most Impressionable years is under a
gnat retqonsib!llty ami a responsibil
ity that Is not satisfied by mere atten
tion to obvious wants in the school,
room.
For Mother to Head.
Mothers are cautioned by a physi
cian who has had much experieiw
with children's hospitals not to M'nnIf
the children who carry a load of school
books back and forth from home and
sclicsd each day to carry the load al
ways in the same hand or over the
same shoulder, as many Instance!
have ls-en known where the habit
lengthened the arm or enlarged the
hand disproportionately, or caused th
child to carry one shoulder higher that
the other. If the Issiks are carried
first 111 the right and then In the left
ha ml every second day, or the bug of
tsjoks suspended from the shoulder
changed about as frequently, the dan
ger will lie met and overcome, lieslde
which the weaker hand will lit
strengthened.
Hotnnv for Country Schools.
Some exercise in botany should form
part of the child's education If th's li
fortunate enough to be in the country.
P.oys and girls should be early taught
the habits of clow oliservatlon of nat
ural objects. They should be esjeclal
ly drilled in noting the different va
rleth'8 of weeds In their nelghbor
hood, anil also any kinds that have
proven injurious in other localities.
The coming of a new weed In auy lo
cality Is opt to be very unobtrusive.
A little prompt effort In destroying
it may save untold labor later. Not a
few of the worst kind of weeds have
been Introduced through flower gar
dons where the plant was sown foi
Its beautiful foliage aud flowers.
American Cultivator.
rooking According to Hcfence.
(iive nie a mhioii of oJeo, ma,
And the sodium alkali,
For I'm going to lwke a pie, mamma,
I'm going to bake a ie.
For Joan will be hungry and tired, ma,
And liis tissues will decompose;
So give me a gramme of phosphate
And the carbon ami cellulose.
Now give me a chunk of caseine, ma,
To shorten tJie thermic fat;
And1 iiand me tiie oxygen bottle, ma,
And look at the taeniiotat;
And If the electric oven's cold
-lust turn it on half on ohui.
For I want to have supper ready
As noon ns Jonu comes home.
Now puss me the neutral doie, mamma
Ami rotate the mixing nuu-hine.
Hut give tne tiie sterilizi-d water first,
Ami tne o.i . margarine;
And the tii'iisilmte, too, for now 1 think
'I he new typewriter's quit,
Aral John will need more phosphate food
lo help Ins brain a bit.
Another Victim. Komantlc I .over (t(
himself) ' She lias refused me. Shi
shall suffer! I will darken her life at
the cost of my own. Ah, ha, proud
beauty! You shall drag through 11m
coming years knowing that a sulfide'!
blood is usin your head." (Shoots him
self. Curtain.) The Proud Hutj
(rending from the paer the next layj
-"Mr. A. . 8. Softhead, a boarder al
Mrs. Sllmdlet's bom-dlng-bouse, No.
XMKl Avenue X, committed suicide hurt
evening In his room, lie bad appeared
111 for several days. Thus one mow
rase is added to the long Hat of sad sui
cides from U grlppe.M-New York
Weekly.
Hhakspeare Wore rings In his ears
and fashionable gentlemen of the tlm
fairly glittered with, expensive jewelry.
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